Spring on the Micro-Farm

Chickweed flowering in Spring

First year in the expanded garden is off to an amazing start! We took advantage of the unbelievably mild weather and got planting nice and early. Lots of seeds are already sprouting up: radish, hakurei turnip, broccoli raab, mizuna, peas.

The star of the show for me, though, is the Chickweed. She has spread from a few isolated strands in a corner to several little patches throughout the garden. And right now, she’s full of tiny white flowers. A glorious Springtime sight!

(The largest, most succulent patch is taking over one side of a meant-for-vegetables, big raised bed. Hawkeye keeps mentioning it’ll have to be moved. I haven’t told him yet I’m letting it stay. You can never have enough Chickweed, right? Plus, I figure if Chickweed is thriving there, it’s too shady for veggies anyway…. )

I depend on Chickweed for my bodycare, but today, all I can think about is pesto!